EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
chicanery, legal trickery...
to strengthen; to make durable...
lesbian (slang)...
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.
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FIL: Paggamit ng panlilinlang o madayang pamamaraan sa usaping legal; panloloko sa pamamagitan ng batas.
EN: chicanery, legal trickery
The dark side of being an abogado. It's using legal loopholes not for justice, but for... well, for winning at all costs. Think of a courtroom drama villain's favorite tactic. It's the kind of move that makes people say 'I-Tulfo na 'yan!' This word is super old-school; you'd probably only hear it from your lolo who's a historian.
From Spanish 'abogacía' (legal profession), which in archaic Tagalog took on a negative connotation of legal trickery.
This is an obsolete or very rare term. The modern and more common word is 'abogasya', which means the legal profession itself. The negative meaning is now more associated with the actions of a person rather than this specific word.
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🇵🇭 Biktima siya ng abogasia ng isang tusong manananggol.
🇺🇸 He was a victim of the chicanery of a cunning lawyer.
🇵🇭 Sa mga lumang nobela, madalas ilarawan ang abogasia bilang isang kasangkapan ng mayayaman.
🇺🇸 In old novels, legal trickery was often depicted as a tool of the rich.
Pang-uri
Isang katangian ng pagiging kalmado, matatag ang loob, at hindi nakakaramdam ng takot, kaba, o pagkabalisa sa harap ng isang hamon o sitwasyon.